IND vs AUS 4th Test Highlights: The series decider match of the Border Gavaskar Trophy 2023 is scheduled to play on March 9 at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad.
Though the match plays a key role in India’s qualification for the WTC 2021-23 final match, the presence of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese moved the hype to a whole new level.
We have explained the entire ceremony of the Indian and Australian PMs’ visit to the Ahmedabad Stadium from the entrance to the exit.
IND vs AUS 4th Test Toss
Australia won the toss and opted to bat first.
IND vs AUS 4th Test Playing 11
India
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Srikar Bharat (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Ravichandran Ashwin, Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Shami
Australia
Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Steven Smith (c), Peter Handscomb, Cameron Green, Alex Carey (wk), Mitchell Starc, Matthew Kuhnemann, Todd Murphy, Nathan Lyon
IND vs AUS 4th Test Scoreboard
Australia 1st Inning Batting
| Batsman | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | SR |
| Travis Head | c Ravindra Jadeja b Ashwin | 32 | 44 | 7 | 0 | 72.73 |
| Usman Khawaja | batting | 104 | 251 | 15 | 0 | 41.43 |
| Marnus Labuschagne | b Shami | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Steven Smith (c) | b Ravindra Jadeja | 38 | 135 | 3 | 0 | 28.15 |
| Peter Handscomb | b Shami | 17 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 62.96 |
| Cameron Green | batting | 49 | 64 | 8 | 0 | 76.56 |
India Bowling
| Bowler | Overs | Maiden | Runs | Wickets | NB | WD | ECO |
| Mohammed Shami | 17 | 2 | 65 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.8 |
| Umesh Yadav | 15 | 2 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.9 |
| Ravichandran Ashwin | 25 | 8 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 |
| Ravindra Jadeja | 20 | 2 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 |
| Axar Patel | 12 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 |
| Shreyas Iyer | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
IND vs AUS 4th Test Day 1
Winning the toss, Australia chose to bat first and scored 255 runs for 4 wickets loss at the end of day 1. Usman Khawaja remains unbeaten after scoring 104 runs from 251 balls. On the other hand, Indian bowler Mohammed Shami bagged 2 wickets and Ravichandran Ashwin, and Jadeja each bagged a wicket.
IND vs AUS 4th Test Stats
Though Australia made a decent start, many impressive stats were left unnoticed which we have listed below:
Day 1
- 103* – Usman Khawaja becomes the first Australian left-hander to score a Test century in India in 12 Tests and 13 years; the last being Marcus North in Bengaluru in 2010/11
- Batting out an entire day’s play vs India in India since 2013
- Dinesh Chandimal (25* to 147* on day 3) Delhi 2017
- Usman Khawaja (0* to 104* on day 1) Ahmedabad 2023
- For the first time in Steve Smith’s career, he has had six successive innings without crossing 50
- 37, 25*, 0, 9, 26, 38
- 200 runs for Khawaja in this series; second batter to get there after Rohit Sharma (207 runs).
IND vs AUS 4th Test Highlights
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